1.1 Site selection
The areas of study were Bondo in Nyanza district and Nyeri in Central province.
The criteria used to select these areas were:
- High prevalence of HIV and AIDS;
- Problem areas with respect to land issues;
- Existence of various initiatives to address HIV and AIDS, Land Issues and Rights, Gender and Women’s Rights; and,
- Different ethnic and cultural groups
1.2 Data Collection
- Data from secondary and primary sources was elicited for this study.
- Literature revealed the need to focus on how HIV/AIDS is affecting vulnerable groups such as women and children with respect to the land issue, particularly on access, control and ownership of land, as well as inheritance patterns.
- The main methods were in-depth interviews and key informant interviews. The instruments were in English and interviews were conducted in both English and the local language, where necessary.
- The questionnaire was semi-structured with the first section seeking to obtain background details on the household.
- The second section of this questionnaire was designed to be open-ended, the reason being that HIV/AIDS is a sensitive subject. This section explored the effects of the pandemic on the land issue.
- In the key informant interviews, the primary issues addressed were based on the knowledge and experiences of the representatives of organizations working on land, and HIV/AIDS
Sampling
- The sample for this study was drawn purposively, due to the sensitivity of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, where a lot of stigmatisation is attached to being HIV positive or having AIDS. Researchers relied on community contacts.
- A total of 30 in-depth interviews were conducted: 20 in Bondo and 10 in Nyeri, as well as 12 key informant interviews.
- Efforts were made to have households which had the characteristics of: having PLWAS; where death from AIDS related complication had occurred and households headed by grandparents, widows and orphans (gendered).
1.3 Limitations of the study
- Stigmatisation presented the greatest difficulty, and respondents were reluctant to give comprehensive information.
- The other difficulty experienced was inability of the respondents to correlate land to HIV/AIDS, as the relationship between the two is just emerging in Kenya.
- Most of the key informants were busy and highly mobile due to the nature of their work, making it difficult to get appointments for interviews.
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